A. of lower death rates
B. of high birth rates
C. cultural values encourage large families
D. all of the above
Related Mcqs:
- The transition from rural living to city living occurred because_______________?
A. there was less need for farm workers as agriculture became mechanized
B. factories were concentrated in cities
C. social change dictated a new fad urban living
D. of BOTH a decrease in the need for farm workers and the fact that factories were located in cities - History is often NOT considered a social science because_______________?
A. its primary concern is to record events of the past
B. historians do not use computers
C. it does not study people
D. it is not based on evidence - Crowds may engage in unpredictable behavior because_______________?
A. they are temporary
B. individuals can remain anonymous
C. individuals are unpredictable
D. BOTH they are temporary, and individuals are anonymous - Modernization in Britain was not as disruptive as in other countries because_______________?
A. the British are smarter
B. the rate of change was slower, so integration of new values was possible
C. the British were ahead of other societies in their level of civilization
D. the British had the Magna Carta which protected civil rights - A person who is suddenly set down on a commune in rural China would most likely undergo ?
A. change to conform to the Chinese modal personality
B. the process of the Lookingglass
C. the process of resocialization
D. a severe anxiety attacks - The Black movement to the urban North from the rural South was similar to______________?
A. the experience of the American Indians
B. immigration from Europe
C. moves of professionals from New York to Los Angeles
D. the arrival of the Cuban middle class after Castro - A decline in the rural population was due chiefly to________________?
A. factories
B. the continued improvements in agricultural methods
C. population size
D. the favor of the local tyrant - The emphasis on rural virtues__________________?
A. has been reinforced by recent studies
B. is based on stereotypes
C. helped democratic representation in the states
D. gave urban dwellers an inferiority complex - In rural Pakistan a person must marry within his or her caste This custom is called______________?
A. exogamy
B. endogamy
C. polygamy
D. purdah - Antarctica is occupied by several nations together because no one nations has________________?
A. sovereignty over it
B. the desire to rule it
C. interest in its resources
D. the power to take it over
